December 19
1776 - Thomas Paine publishes one of a series of pamphlets in The Pennsylvania Journal entitled "The American Crisis" (Source)
Recommended sermons and podcasts:
Faith, Common Sense, and Science, by Francis Lee Nigel
1777 - American Revolutionary War: George Washington's Continental Army goes into winter quarters at Valley Forge, Pennsylvania (Source)
Recommended sermons and podcasts:
1796 - French Revolutionary Wars: Two British frigates under Commodore Horatio Nelson and two Spanish frigates under Commodore Don Jacobo Stuart engage in battle off the coast of Murcia (Source)
Recommended sermons and podcasts:
The French Revolution, by Dr. Peter Hammond
The following is a quote taken from Liberal Fascism: The Secret History of the American Left:
"...both the Wilson and the FDR administrations were descendants - albeit distant ones - of the first fascist movement: the French Revolution...It produced the first modern dictators, Robespierre and Napoleon, and worked on the premise that the nation had to be ruled by an enlightened avant-garde who would serve as the organic, authentic voice of the 'general will.'...Robespierre summed up the totalitarian logic of the Revolution: 'There are only two parties in France: the people and its enemies. We must exterminate those miserable villains who are eternally conspiring against the right of man...[W]e must exterminate our enemies.'"
December 20
Recommended sermons and podcasts:
1899 - Dr. Martyn Lloyd Jones, Welsh preacher and physician is born (dies in 1981) (Source)
I would strongly recommend Dr. Lloyd Jone's book, Preacher and Preaching, to all my readers. Here
is one of my favorite Martyn Lloyd Jones quotes:
"Stop and ask yourself, 'What am I doing?' You will be dead long before this world will ever be put right. What, therefore, will happen to you?"
Recommended sermons and podcasts:
1915 - World War I: The last Australian troops are evacuated from Gallipoli (Source)
Recommended sermons and podcasts:
Did You Know These Facts About the First World War?
The Clash of Civilizations and the Forces Behind the Great War
Assassination in Sarajevo
Evaluating the Propaganda of the Great War
Evaluating Hollywood Films on World War I
Versailles - 100 Years Ago
The Christmas Truce
Recommended videos:
Snoopy and the Red Baron, by The Royal Guardsmen
Snoopy's Christmas Vs. the Red Baron, by The Royal Guardsmen
The Clash of Civilizations and the Forces Behind the Great War
Assassination in Sarajevo
Evaluating the Propaganda of the Great War
Evaluating Hollywood Films on World War I
Versailles - 100 Years Ago
The Christmas Truce
Recommended videos:
Snoopy and the Red Baron, by The Royal Guardsmen
Snoopy's Christmas Vs. the Red Baron, by The Royal Guardsmen
